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Vol 65 No 6

Published 14th March 2024


Mali

Book guts Goïta's junta

Colonel Alpha Yaya Sangaré went from celebrated author to prisoner in one week. On 24 February, he presented his book, Mali, le défi du terrorisme en Afrique, (Mali: The Challenge of Terrorism in Africa) at the Alioune Blondin Beye Peacekeeping School in Bamako. The former Commander of the Bamako Gendarmerie and a United States-educated criminologist had found a friend to preside over proceedings: Colonel Abdoulaye Maïga, Minister for Territorial Administration and Decentralisation. Both men come from the ranks of the gendarmerie and are part of the close-knit circle around the original putschists, including junta leader Assimi Goïta (AC Vol 61 No 17). Maïga, like everyone else present, had not read the book.

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